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A New Species of the Genus Ornithomya Latreille (Diptera, Hippoboscidae) from Iturup (Kuril Islands)

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A new species of the genus Ornithomya Latreille, 1802 (Diptera: Hippoboscidae), O. triselevae sp. n., is described from Iturup Island (the Kurile Islands, Russia). The new species differs from other Ornithomya species in the chaetotaxy of abdomen. An updated key to the Far Eastern species of Ornithomya is provided.

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We thank S.A. Shchedrin for the perfect photos.

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The work by E.P. Nartshuk was performed as part of the State Research Project of the Zoological Institute (no. 122031100272-3). We express special gratitude to the Expeditionary Center of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and to the Russian Geographical Society for organizing the expedition and assisting in the collection of material. Part of the work done by Ya.A. Red’kin and P.A. Smirnov was carried out under the auspices of the state program “Taxonomic and Biochorological Analysis of the Animal World as a Basis for Studying and Preserving the Structure of Biological Diversity” (no. 121032300105-0).

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  1. A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071, Moscow, Russia

    A. V. Matyukhin & A. A. Yatsuk

  2. Zoological Museum of Moscow University, 125009, Moscow, Russia

    Ya. A. Red’kin

  3. Institute of Biological Problems of the Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 677000, Yakutsk, Russia

    Ya. A. Red’kin & P. A. Smirnov

  4. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

    E. P. Nartshuk

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Matyukhin, A.V., Yatsuk, A.A., Red’kin, Y.A. et al. A New Species of the Genus Ornithomya Latreille (Diptera, Hippoboscidae) from Iturup (Kuril Islands). Entmol. Rev. 103, 450–454 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873823040061

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